Happy Birthday, Junior Parker–Probably

It’s my birthday, so I checked out This Day in Music, which said that Junior Parker — who wrote “Mystery Train” — was born on this day in 1927. In some cases, a person writes a great song that becomes a standard, though his or her version is not so great. Not the case here: The song is both: It is a classic and has been covered by Elvis and many, many others. Parker’s version is great in its own right.

There is a problem, though: Wikipedia says he was born on May 27, 1932.

No matter. Here is more on Parker, whose real name was Herman Parker, Jr.: